When the NHRA is scheduled to return in June in Gainesville, Florida, the plan is to have fans not only in the stands, but in the pits where race teams work on their cars.
"Our goal is to go back racing with fans," NHRA president Glen Cromwell told NBC Sports. "We are the most fan-friendly (sport). I think that's what separates our sport from everybody else, the accessibility and interaction that our sport has. I just don't see it (racing) happening without fans."
Cromwell didn't rule out racing without fans if a workable model can be found, but he told NBC Sports that the NHRA's focus is on racing with fans when the rescheduled Gatornationals are run June 5-7.